(NO) CHANCE OF STORMS: Earth's magnetic field is quiet with no sign of the CME that was expected to arrive on Nov. 30th. The cloud might have missed or it might be moving more slowly than expected. A slow-moving CME is unlikely to spark strong storms if and when it arrives. RECTANGULAR SUNSPOT GROUP:Sunspot complex 1623-1625 has four dark cores that form a rectangle more than half-a-dozen Earths wide. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the shape during the early hours of Dec. 1st:

The quartet has a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares. Any eruptions this weekend would likely be geoeffective as the sunspot group is turning to face Earth. www.spaceweather.com